Where does “خنزير الأرض” come from?

خنزير الأرض (Arabic) comes from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.

خنزير الأرض (Arabic): aardvark

Definitions

  1. aardvark

Ancestry of “خنزير الأرض”, step by step

خنزير الأرض traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic أَرْض

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرْضearth; ground, soil
2Proto-Semiticʾarṣ́-—

via Arabic خِنْزِير

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخِنْزِيرpig, swine
2Aramaicחֲזִירָא—
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́- →Every word from Arabic أَرْض →